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Doug Gilmour says it was a family decision to send his 16-year-old son Jake packing.

Dan DelPaggi said he just wanted to put the ball in play.

To say it’s been a trying season for Thunder Bay Border Cats manager Dan Holcomb might be the baseball understatement of the year. It didn’t get any better on Wednesday night.

The Border Cats crawl to the Northwoods League finish line hit another speed bump Monday night.

After a decade of playing the Strathcona Invitational, Jordan Gehl finally gets to see his name on the trophy. The 30-year-old faced off against Jamie DePiero in the champoinship final on Monday.

They didn’t hit double digits, but the Rochester Honkers still handed the Thunder Bay Border Cats another loss.

Red cards, big games and the Thunder Bay Chill go hand in hand.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats have to have hit rock bottom. Because if it gets any worse than Saturday night’s shellacking at the hands of the hometown Mankato MoonDogs, it might be time to find another sport to play.

The Austin Aztex cleaned up in the hardware department Saturday night, but it’s another trophy the team is gunning for.

Chase Simpson drove in four runs Friday, including his fifth homerun of the season, to lead the Mankato MoonDogs to a lopsided win over the visiting Thunder Bay Border Cats.